Objective To reveal the research hotspots， current situation and development trend of food safety risks in China by analyzing the basic information of relevant literatures， and to lay a theoretical foundation for future research.Methods In this paper， the literature related to food safety risk collected by CNKI， Wanfang Data and VIP was used as the data source， and the research topic was determined by means of co-word analysis， factor analysis， cluster analysis and strategic coordinate analysis of high-frequency keywords.Results Through cluster analysis of 85 high-frequency keywords selected by SPSS26.0， 9 mainstream research hotspots have been formed in China， which were： food contamination and related risk monitoring， health risks of vegetable pesticide residues， genetically modified food and related legal supervision， risk prevention and early warning， factors affecting consumer perception of risk， risk analysis of food supply chain quality and safety， national food safety standards， food safety risk supervision， safety testing and guarantee.Conclusion At present， a relatively mature research focus in this field is food safety risk regulation. Theoretical researches mostly focus on the objectives， functions， systems and technologies of food safety regulation in China. It is necessary to strengthen the publicity and training of relevant food safety standards of regulatory authorities， so as to improve the food safety supervision and governance ability of grassroots. As an emerging research topic， vegetable pesticide residues and risk prevention and early warning have great development potential in the future. Follow-up research should solve the current situation of lack of relevant monitoring conditions at the grassroots level， and build and improve the risk early warning system as soon as possible.